Whitefish Lake Post

Whitefish Lake Post (HM20EW)

Location: Sudbury, Ontario P0M 2M0 Greater Sudbury Division
Country: Canada
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N 46° 24.252', W 81° 10.922'

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The Hudson's Bay Company had established a fur trading post on the western shore of Whitefish Lake by 1824. It was hoped that a depot adjacent to the portage route to Wakami Lake would help prevent independent traders in Michigan, Wisconsin and southern Ontario from encroaching on trade north of the French River. In this, the post was reasonably successful. In 1887 the Company dismantled the building and moved it here to Naughton (Walden) so that it would be closer to the Canadian Pacific Railway line to Sault Ste. Marie. With the development of lumbering and mining in the region, the fur trade declined in significance, and in 1896 the post was closed.
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HM NumberHM20EW
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Placed ByOntario Heritage Foundation
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Date Added Friday, August 4th, 2017 at 10:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 486007 N 5138974
Decimal Degrees46.40420000, -81.18203333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 24.252', W 81° 10.922'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 24' 15.12" N, 81° 10' 55.32" W
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Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Greater Sudbury Regional Road 55, Sudbury Ontario P0M 2M0, CA
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